Front nose spider cracks

**D2Reid** · 05-01-2021, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by livinthelife

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**D2Reid** · 05-01-2021, 11:38 PM

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**Lane Hog** · 05-02-2021, 05:34 AM

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As for the cracks... it's cosmetic, no? The nose is there to help deflect wind and look nice. As long as it isn't a leak risk, I'd leave it be.

The flexing won't stop. Paint over the cracks, they'll likely re-appear in the same places.

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**pigag1** · 05-02-2021, 07:36 AM

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Here you go!

**D2Reid** · 05-03-2021, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by pigag1

Here you go!

Need a macro view from about a foot back, but looks like a stress crack to me. Looks like something got flexed.

**napsterg** · 05-26-2021, 02:29 PM

Hi, I just came across two spider cracks when washing my cap. They're about a foot apart and fairly high up on the cap, above the Reflection decal.

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. One is about 2 inches in diameter, the other a bit bigger. Hopefully the photos uploaded.
So is the consensus these are just caused by road travel stress? They're high enough up that you can't really see them so I was not going to do anything at this time but will they get larger if I don't do anything?

**huntindog** · 05-26-2021, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by napsterg

Hi, I just came across two spider cracks when washing my cap. They're about a foot apart and fairly high up on the cap, above the Reflection decal.

. One is about 2 inches in diameter, the other a bit bigger. Hopefully the photos uploaded.
So is the consensus these are just caused by road travel stress? They're high enough up that you can't really see them so I was not going to do anything at this time but will they get larger if I don't do anything?

They look like impact cracks to me. I had some fine cracks in my Momentums cap. They were different though. They came from the edge, and did not radiate out from a center point like yours. It was repaired under warranty.

**BobLandry** · 05-26-2021, 02:36 PM

The way the cracks radiate from the center, that looks like an impact.

Stress cracks are irregular and most of the time will run in a somewhat parallel pattern.

**BobinICT** · 05-26-2021, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by pigag1

Here you go!

That looks not like an impact but, kind of a push type crack. I can honestly see were the supplier denied the claim.

**napsterg** · 05-26-2021, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by BobLandry

The way the cracks radiate from the center, that looks like an impact.

Stress cracks are irregular and most of the time will run in a somewhat parallel pattern.

I initially thought impact but I'm trying to figure out from what. As I said these are well up on the cap. There is no paint chip or dent. I figure there would be some sort of other damage if I hit a tree branch. So maybe road debris or something like that.